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Boneless Pork Roast With Five-Spice Rub

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Tasty and easy recipe by Cooking Pleasure: "Five-spice powder paired with ginger and garlic gives this dish a great depth of flavor. The low-heat method results in a roast that is extremely moist and has less shrinkage. This rub works well on... MORE»

Recipe #394549

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Fresh Corn, Black Beans, and Tomato Salad

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Another great tasting recipe from Cook's Illustrated: Fresh off the cob is perhaps the best way to eat summer corn, but corn tossed with beans and tomatoes is a close second. The sweetness of the beans and the acidity of the tomatoes bring out... MORE»

Recipe #387887

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Best Chinese Baby Back Ribs

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From the Great RIBS Book by Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison (outstanding little book). I used a 4 pound pork sparerib slab for this recipe and their oven/roasting method and it turned out fabulous. According to the book, you need to remove the... MORE»

Recipe #360796

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Homemade Breakfast Sausage

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From Cook's Illustrated: "Don't make this recipe with lean or extra-lean ground pork, the resulting sausage will be dry, crumbly, and less flavorful." MORE»

Recipe #317168

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Sweet & Sour Grilled Chicken Thighs

(1 reviews) Posted by Pi-E  

Recipe from Weber's Real Grilling. Super easy, fabulous taste. It doesn't taste very sweet or sour, the chicken had a great balanced taste (I did add bit more hot chili sauce to kick it up a bit). The recipe includes using the marinade to make... MORE»

Recipe #313046

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Wacky Cake

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Ultra moist and easy cake from Cook's Illustrated: While the name implies comical roots, Wacky Cake was actually born out of the seriousness of wartime rationing. At various times during the world wars, eggs, butter, sugar, and milk were all in... MORE»

Recipe #270024

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Quick Cheese Lasagna

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I haven't made this yet, wanted to post it so I won't lose this recipe, it was developed by Cook's Illustrated: Using no–boil lasagna noodles and a quick homemade tomato sauce—or even a good store–bought sauce—makes lasagna an easy weeknight... MORE»

Recipe #267824

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All-Purpose Gravy

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Developed by Cook's Illustrated: This gravy can be served with almost any type of meat or poultry or with mashed potatoes. MORE»

Recipe #265380

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Chipotle Marinated Pork Tenderloin

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Found this in Yahoo. Easy to make, fabulous taste. I used pork loin chops and marinated it overnight (6 chops about 2 pounds). Plus I used fresh squeezed orange and lime juice, and added a bit more adobo sauce than the recipe recommended. When... MORE»

Recipe #265335

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Shrimp in Green Sauce (Portugal)

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This recipe is Fabulous. If you like garlic and spicy, this recipe is for you. "The Best Recipes in the World" by Mark Bittman is a great cookbook; he loves to keep it simple, so do I. This cookbook will be used a lot! He says although... MORE»

Recipe #264849

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Chicken With Parmesan Noodles

(1 reviews) Posted by Pi-E  

Great recipe from Better Homes & Garden. Simple, quick, and delicious! Leftovers, if you have any, make a great lunch. MORE»

Recipe #264728

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Blueberry Cobbler

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Cook's Illustrated developed this recipe, its very good and easy to make; probably can use the same recipe with other fresh fruit.... MORE»

Recipe #260663

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Rustic Plum Cake

(2 reviews) Posted by Pi-E  

Recipe from Cook's Illustrated. Italian plums work the best. Bought a lot of Italian plums at the farmer's market, so I had to make a few cakes and then freeze most of them. Freezing the cakes didn't seem to hurt the flavor at all. Now all I have... MORE»

Recipe #254558

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Two-Tone Coleslaw (Light & Tasty)

(1 reviews) Posted by Pi-E  

From Better Homes & Gardens "At one-fourth the calories and half the fat of the traditional version, this creamy coleslaw also has surprising extra sweetness from the apples." Try to use fresh dill if you can, it makes all the... MORE»

Recipe #239384

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Summer's Best BBQ Beans

(1 reviews) Posted by Pi-E  

Quick & Easy. Found this in Better Homes & Gardens (June 07). Great side dish for a picnic, BBQ or when you're in the mood for a tasty bean dish. For sweet and smoky flavor, pineapple and molasses are substituted for the familiar bacon... MORE»

Recipe #239381

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Theresa's Double Tomato Soup

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Found this in Cooking Light (March 2007) Magazine. This recipe was a finalist for Side Dish Category in the Cooking Light Ultimate Reader Recipe Contest. I made this because I had all the ingredients on hand (except for the basil, its winter after... MORE»

Recipe #214271

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Biscotti Regina (Sesame Cookies)

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Found this in the Sopranos Family Cookbook. Wonderful biscotti-like cookie. You need a hand mixer with 2 rotary blades to mix the butter into the flour mixture, that does take a bit of time, KitchenAid with one blade won't work. Also cut the... MORE»

Recipe #206469

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Healthy Brownies (Well Almost)

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Found this in BH&G. Very easy and quick to make. I love this recipe (husband always begs for it), but it might not be to everyone's taste because of the whole wheat flour, plus its not your typical heavy fudge brownie its more cake like, which... MORE»

Recipe #200589

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No Cook Cranberry Relish

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Extremely simple. I found this recipe in a cookbook called Use it All. If the apples and orange are sweet you don't need to use all the sugar (I use only a 1/2 cup). You can make cakes/muffins with this or add some to plain yogurt, which I do... MORE»

Recipe #199895

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Best Marinated Mushrooms

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Easy & the best tasting Marinated Mushrooms I have ever had! Found this recipe in Cook's Illustrated. Leave whole if mushrooms are small, halved if medium, quartered if large. Skillet size limits the yield of this recipe; if you would like to... MORE»

Recipe #199451

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